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When Awai does her thing, she declares a double riichi and then kans at the corner then discards and waits to ron on someone. We also know that Saki knows what's in the wall and likes to rinshan kaihou, tsumoing on the tile she just drew from the dead wall. Awai, however, will discard that tile (and can't keep it if she's doing her double riichi).

As such... if Saki can build her hand in time for the kan, doesn't this mean Saki can easily ron off that tile? I mean, she'd be building that hand anyway... If she thinks Awai will get there first, instead of the kan she'd make to get the dead wall tile, she can just keep it as a pon and ron Awai's discard.

Saki doesn't always win with rinshan kaihou though, sometimes she uses it to help build her hand. The more kans Saki makes the more ura-dora Awai gets.

Awai's power is this.
When she calls a kan, those will become the four dora she needs. Thus, really it is only the FIRST FOUR URA DORA that is covered by Awai's power. If Saki calls for more, it will open another dora indicator but it does not necessarily mean that those ura dora will be in Awai's hand. It can be in another person hands or Saki's hand. That and I find it highly unlikely that Saki will call more kans if she knows that it will only make another player's hand raise value.

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Looks at Quarter's match
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Looks at the second to the last hand specifically Kyouko's ...

Anyway, this is only a specific scenario assuming that Saki will have her winning tile on the dead wall which Awai will draw. Its more likely it isn't, unless Saki specifically aimed for it. Admittedly, there is a high chance that Saki will do it. In my rewatch, Saki actually got making your opponent's ability do the work for you in artform. Besides, the scenario is more or less moot, the person that Awai will be focusing on is Shizu and not Saki. Awai did have that big declaration of defeating her a 100 times in the finals.

BTW, I just realized. Your avatar is cute and I still haven't seen that picture. Did you draw it?

So then, any thoughts on how far Zenkoku-hen is going to cover? I have a feeling that it's going to go up to the end of the semis. If that goes well we'll probably have a one cour season 3 to cover the finals.

So then, any thoughts on how far Zenkoku-hen is going to cover? I have a feeling that it's going to go up to the end of the semis. If that goals well we'll probably have a one cour season 3 to cover the finals.

I think its probably as you say. They even bothered to give Satoha a voice so I can't see why they wouldn't.

The Orchid is sometimes described as the mirror of the Plum Blossoms always trying to take the place of or fill in the gap of something missing but doesn't fully succeed. Like the plum blossom, its fragrance is never overpowering, symbolizing humility and nobility.

i think in the captain match, awai, saki, and the other player will become the players who fighting tightly. shizu is the netral person because she is superior in the defense rather than attack. Based on this, shizu will be the second. Then, the winner from among the three players it will be a champion.

Kokaji, Hayarin, Akado and now Risa are contemporaries. ^^
I'm actually curious about when this is taking place. It seems like the spin-off is one big reminiscence but the background shows the pros/coaches are having a getting together or something.

Kokaji, Hayarin, Akado and now Risa are contemporaries. ^^
I'm actually curious about when this is taking place. It seems like the spin-off is one big reminiscence but the background shows the pros/coaches are having a getting together or something.

Spoiler for Spoiler:

Maybe the night before Side-B semis. Either way, at least we won't have to deal with spoilers, or nothing related to Nodoka this time around. So, yay! Also, I cannot wait for the inevitable parallels we will all draw between the old and current guard.